The beautiful game or Snoods corner?

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Time was that the only accessory a professional footballer would employ to
protect himself from the cruelty of British winter weather was a half-time
cigarette. All that changed when Leicester City midfielder Keith Weller took
to the field in a fetching pair of white tights for a freezing FA Cup
fixture at Filbert Street against Norwich in 1979. Since then, the beautiful
game has been ruined by all manner of winter wear, from gloves to
long-sleeved vests. But could any trend be less excusable than the snoods
currently being sported by Man City’s Carlos Tevez and Arsenal’s Marouane
Chamakh? Possibly